Answer-first: Silicon Archaeology Skill is a digital archaeology toolkit for AI agents that catalogs rare hardware and software artifacts, classifies them into silicon epochs, and describes bridges to Beacon and RustChain Proof-of-Antiquity attestations.
Digital archaeology toolkit for AI agents — catalog rare hardware, archive software assets, and bridge findings to the Beacon Protocol and RustChain Proof-of-Antiquity network.
Based on the Echoes of the Silicon Age research paper on silicon stratigraphy and computational antiquity.
Generative-engine profile: llms.txt summarizes the project,
silicon epochs, core modules, related protocols, and scope boundaries for LLMs
and answer engines.
Silicon Archaeology Skill is an AI-agent toolkit for cataloging vintage or rare computing artifacts, preserving software fixity data, and describing provenance bridges to Beacon and RustChain.
Silicon epochs are the repository's hardware-era classes, from Pre-VLSI through Post-Moore, used to describe hardware age and Proof-of-Antiquity multipliers.
No. This documentation profile only summarizes existing repository behavior and does not execute scanner code, probe local hardware, or claim real device scans.
- Hardware Cataloging — Scan and fingerprint vintage/rare computing hardware (PowerPC G3-G5, 68K Macs, SPARC, MIPS, Amiga, early x86)
- Software Archival — Hash, manifest, and preserve software artifacts with fixity verification
- Beacon Integration — Register cataloged assets against Beacon agent IDs for provenance tracking
- RustChain Bridge — Link physical hardware scans to on-chain Proof-of-Antiquity attestations
- Stratigraphy Layers — Classify hardware into silicon epochs (Pre-VLSI → VLSI → RISC → x86 Dominance → Post-Moore)
| Epoch | Era | Example Hardware | RustChain Multiplier |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | Pre-VLSI (pre-1980) | PDP-11, Altair 8800 | 4.0x |
| 1 | VLSI Dawn (1980-1992) | 68000, 386, Amiga | 3.5x |
| 2 | RISC Wars (1993-2005) | PowerPC G3-G5, SPARC, MIPS | 2.0-2.5x |
| 3 | x86 Dominance (2006-2019) | Core 2, Nehalem, Sandy Bridge | 1.1-1.3x |
| 4 | Post-Moore (2020+) | Apple Silicon, RISC-V | 1.0-1.2x |
pip install silicon-archaeology-skillfrom silicon_archaeology import scan_hardware, catalog_asset, bridge_to_beacon
# Scan local hardware
hw = scan_hardware()
print(f"Detected: {hw.family} {hw.model} (Epoch {hw.epoch})")
# Catalog a software artifact
asset = catalog_asset("/path/to/vintage/software.img",
description="Mac OS 7.5.3 install CD",
epoch=2)
# Bridge to Beacon for provenance
bridge_to_beacon(asset, beacon_id="bcn_c850ea702e8f")- Beacon Protocol — Each cataloged asset gets a signed envelope with agent provenance
- RustChain PoA — Hardware scans feed into antiquity attestation for mining rewards
- Echoes Paper — Silicon stratigraphy methodology from the SDH research submission
silicon_archaeology/
├── __init__.py # Main exports
├── scanner.py # Hardware detection & fingerprinting
├── catalog.py # Asset cataloging with fixity hashes
├── stratigraphy.py # Silicon epoch classification
├── beacon_bridge.py # Beacon Protocol integration
├── rustchain_bridge.py # RustChain PoA attestation bridge
└── manifests/ # Known hardware manifests & ROM databases
- Echoes of the Silicon Age — Research paper
- Beacon Protocol — Agent-to-agent communication
- RustChain — Proof-of-Antiquity blockchain
- ClawRTC — RustChain mining CLI
- RAM Coffers — Neuromorphic NUMA weight banking
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